NCFST Sprout Safety Task Force Update

NCFST
Sprout Safety Task Force Update
May 20, 2010
ISGA Meeting
Chicago, IL
National Center for Food Safety and Technology (NCFST)
Where we are located
IIT/NCFST
IIT/Nutrition
Research
Center
NCFST – At a Glance
Snapshot
People
• History
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– Consortium formed in 1988
85 - 45 IIT and 40 FDA
80 Students
– Building donated by Corn
Products
• Primary focus food processing safety
• Location for FDA Division of Food
Processing Science & Technology
• Masters and Professional Certificates
in FST and FPE
• Locations:
– Moffett Campus, Summit-Argo, IL
– IITRI Tower, State street, Chicago
• Funding base ~$12 million (inc. FDA)
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Government
• FDA Div. Food Processing Science & Technology
physically located within NCFST
• Cooperative grant allows for collaborative research
program
• Ability to evaluate new technologies for improving public
aspects of food
• Collaborative research program to ensure policy and
new regulations based on sound science
Industry 2010
Smuckers
NCFST Research
• Proactive leadership - risk management of food safety
issues
– CFSAN world class food safety organization
– Network of government/academia/industry required
for most effective and timely assessment and
management of real vs. perceived risks
• The facilitation of innovation
– Assessing the safety of new technologies & products
– Promoting the use of new technologies/approaches
that could improve public health
NCFST R&D Partnership Schemes
Fundamental
Science/
Industry wide issue
NCFST
Collaborative
Projects
Industry wide
issues
Task Forces:
•Allergens
•FSO Framework
•Sprout Safety
Other additional
funding/grants via
FDA, USDA,
NCFPD, etc
Applied Science
Industry
consortium or
single company
co-investment
Company, IIT &
FDA (if desired)
staff on the project
team
Results published;
shared royalty free
access to IP
Proprietary
Company
proprietary
projects
Membership services
IIT staff only
on the project
FDA staff can
be consulted,
if desired
NCFST Science focus
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Processing and Packaging
Microbiology
Chemical Constituents and Allergens
Health Promoting Foods
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Microbiology
• Risk management options for fresh produce
Production & Primary Handling
Minimizing
initial levels
H0
Processing & Packaging
Minimizing
an increase
in levels
Reducing
levels
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ΣR
Distribution & Shelf-life
+
ΣI
Food Safety
Objective
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FSO
Biological Safety Level-3 Laboratory
Bio-safety Facilities
• Bio-containment Pilot Plant Configured for Fresh
Produce Wash Line
NCFST Task Force Update
Task force proposed August
2009
Objectives:
1) Update & build clarity on 1999
FDA guidelines on sprout
safety
2) Increase Industry compliance
3) Facilitate necessary research
for updating FDA guidelines
NCFST Sprout Safety Task Force
IIT:
Alvin Lee
Armand Paradis
Jason Wan
FDA:
TJ Fu
Jim Gorny
Rich McDonald
Michelle Smith
Laura Tarantino
Mary Lou Tortorello
ISGA:
Michael Lalley
Jay Louie
Bob Rust
Robert Sanderson
Kelly Warren
United Fresh Produce Association:
Dave Gombas
Brassica Protection Products:
Earl Hauserman
Antony Talalay
Caudill Seed:
Dan Caudill
Steve Benjamin
Jonathan Sprouts:
Barbara Sanderson
Rich Wolfe
Expert Panel
Rutgers University:
Don Schaffner
USDA, ERRC
Kathleen Rajkowski
Plus Tom Ross, Larry Beuchat
NCFST Task Force Update
• First Meeting convened October 2009
•Action Items:
1) Arrange for next task force meetingparticipants and topics
2) Create road map for achieving objectives
3) Safety Audit Checklist
4) Teleconference after checklist circulated to go
through task force agenda, in 2 weeks
5) Food Safety guidelines to be brought forward
later
6) Next meeting in first week December.
NCFST Task Force Update
Proposed Research Objectives:
1)Seed Treatments - Options to Chlorine
2)Evaluation of sampling & testing methods
3) Risk assessment approaches to sprout
safety (FSO model)
NCFST Task Force Update
Teleconference December 2009
Action Items:
•Draft audit checklist to be organized by subteam
•Industry to provide data to the group on
chlorine alternatives on production scale
•Draft letters to stakeholders
•Next Task Force Meeting to be held in
conjunction with NCFST mid-year meeting in
April 2010
NCFST Task Force Update
• Audit check-list subgroup formed Dec. 2009
FDA:
TJ Fu
Michelle Smith
ISS:
Kelly Warren
Brassica Protection Products:
Earl Hauserman
Jonathan Sprouts:
Barbara Sanderson
Caudill Sprouting
Steven Benjamin
NCFST Task Force Update
•April 8 Task Force Meeting
•Finalize plan for Safety
Audit Checklist & Research
Review
•Form Expert Panels
Framework for Expert Panel Reviews
Audit Checklist
NCFST Task Force
Industry Research
Review by NCFST
Sponsored Expert
Panel
Workshops
DRAFT Presented
at ISGA Meeting
Industry updates
to Task Force
Review by NCFST
Sponsored Expert
Panel
ISGA and/or
NCFST working
group prepares
publication (s)
FDA, GMA,
United Fresh etc.
Post web link to
publications
April
May
June
July/August
Expert Review Panel
for Sprout Safety Audit Checklist
Visit us at www.iit.edu/ncfst